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    "id": 1441888,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J. Kajwang’",
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    "content": "In the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, you will note that almost 18 clauses are designed to be changed. You can do the math. My friend was telling me that it is something in the tune of Ksh300 billion or so. My point is that the alterations which have been done, whether right or wrong, are such that they fundamentally and substantially change the architecture of the Finance Bill which was predicated upon the Budget Policy Statement (BPS). That is a constitutional and public finance construct that the National Assembly has to call the Cabinet Secretary because this budgeting process is ours. That is the first point that I want to put across. When we say that the details are good, or we are changing things and so on, if anything else, we must think of a constitutional construct which must guide the budgeting process. Members of the public are entitled to good governance and us following the constitutional principles. That is number one. Number two, and this is the only point that I want to repeat, somebody said that this is giving with the right hand and taking from the left hand. You can still work the math and see the amount that is said to be given out in this bread tax and others, which is being made right by the Committee. In fact, that amendment which is seeking to introduce the Reaching the Last Mile Fund (RLMF) is substantial enough to absorb all these things that they are bringing. Kenyans, you will not pay fuel. It will not be more expensive. These people are timing your electricity. It is that amount which shows every day on your electricity bill that supports the generation of power. That is what this thing will be all about. So, when you think about all these things… Hon. Nyikal told me something that was from a very good authority, his own wife, who is a professor and also a Vice-Chancellor. He told me that this Budget is a decoy. It is made to look like a glass, yet deep inside it, it has done even worse than it should have. But you are now being told: “We like the public. We listened to you and we have changed”. Nothing has changed. Lastly, when we get to the appropriation, the only two things that will happen are either they will amend the Appropriations Act to be able to absorb this, or they will borrow more. Kenyans will be in deeper shit. Oh no! That is not parliamentary. I am sorry. Parliament will be in a deeper hole."
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